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Outside of Spirit and Frontier (and maybe some ACMI carriers), basically no one is hiring pilots right now, unless you want to go to a regional.
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I’d expect hiring to pick up toward the end of this year. With so many early retirement buyouts if summer 2022 is even 90% of 2019 then major airlines will be severely understaffed. In that case then they will have to hire sooner than later. Someday this madness has to end.
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 21:53 |
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I think it'll largely hinge on how fast international travel comes back, since even if domestic traffic recovers by the end of the year, airlines with fleets of long-haul airplanes will probably keep losing money until they're back in service.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:00 |
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I’m in Fort Lauderdale on a 5 day layover and it’s insane how full every bar is at 11pm on a Thursday during a pandemic. Just the most dogshit Missouri looking people. I hate Florida so much.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 06:43 |
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Rolo posted:I’m in Fort Lauderdale on a 5 day layover and it’s insane how full every bar is at 11pm on a Thursday during a pandemic. I live in the panhandle and it’s never slowed down here. No masks, bars and restaurants full every night. Most locals I know have had the virus and thus continue to not give shits. I was in Corpus Christi for training recently and it amazed me that South Texas of all places followed mask mandates/eating outside etc better than any other place I’ve been to recently.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 15:37 |
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In the coming days I get to take the CRJ into an abandoned airport out in the middle of the Sahara. We're bringing in a team to survey the airport to assess if an AN124 can come in and land to haul humanitarian cargo. Supposedly the strip is in pretty decent condition, but no aircraft has been through there in years. We're carrying mechanics, tools, and spare parts because it is a CRJ2 and they probably couldn't have picked a less reliable airplane. I'm planning a low pass to assess the runway before landing. Point of this story? Well there is no point, I'm just pumped. As much as I'm eager to get back to flying for Mapleflot, sometimes this interim job can own pretty hard.
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“What the gently caress do you mean the APU won’t start?”
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 17:19 |
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MrYenko posted:“What the gently caress do you mean the APU won’t start?” Since we proved the field is useable, have the AN-124 bring a huffer cart out with them... and food... and a poo poo-load of water.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 14:35 |
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MrYenko posted:“What the gently caress do you mean the APU won’t start?” ausgezeichnet posted:Since we proved the field is useable, have the AN-124 bring a huffer cart out with them... and food... and a poo poo-load of water. Yeah that sucker is staying on the entire time, I don't care how long they need for their assessments. If it wont come on during decent, back to base we go. And if it does fail we do have another CRJ2 in country with a buddy-start kit on hand. Yes, it is a Bombardier approved procedure to use one CRJ as a glorified start-cart to start another. I actually kindof want to try that, sounds sketchy.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 15:25 |
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Desi posted:Yeah that sucker is staying on the entire time, I don't care how long they need for their assessments. If it wont come on during decent, back to base we go. Desi posted:And if it does fail we do have another CRJ2 in country with a buddy-start kit on hand. Yes, it is a Bombardier approved procedure to use one CRJ as a glorified start-cart to start another. I actually kindof want to try that, sounds sketchy. This is awesome, and I kinda want to see it too.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 15:39 |
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Desi posted:Yes, it is a Bombardier approved procedure to use one CRJ as a glorified start-cart to start another. I actually kindof want to try that, sounds sketchy. That is super interesting.
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 05:28 |
It's a lot easier than you think, the engine on a CRJ-200 has about the same power as a start-cart so its just a matter of finding a hose big enough to go over the engine exhaust. Desi posted:In the coming days I get to take the CRJ into an abandoned airport out in the middle of the Sahara. MrYenko posted:What the gently caress do you mean the APU wont start?
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# ? Feb 27, 2021 00:18 |
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Desi posted:Yeah that sucker is staying on the entire time, I don't care how long they need for their assessments. If it wont come on during decent, back to base we go. And if it does fail we do have another CRJ2 in country with a buddy-start kit on hand. Yes, it is a Bombardier approved procedure to use one CRJ as a glorified start-cart to start another. I actually kindof want to try that, sounds sketchy. I kinda remember the same procedure on the G4 (it's been 11 years and I only flew it for a few months). The buddy-start-hose was rare and expensive, so you guarded it like the steering bypass pin in the 737 - never let that sucker out of your sight.
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# ? Feb 27, 2021 05:22 |
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I know it's mostly a silly affectation but I got my Gold Seal this past week!
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:29 |
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Congrats! I was sad I never got mine, now I don’t teach enough to get it.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:58 |
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cigaw posted:I know it's mostly a silly affectation but I got my Gold Seal this past week! Nice job. It's only silly until you fly at our flight school and it's worth a pay bump.
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# ? Mar 2, 2021 06:47 |
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Thank you! Alas, no pay bumps for me. The other instructors at my location keep telling people I got my Gold Seal so I’ve got an overinflated ego right now though.
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# ? Mar 2, 2021 17:39 |
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I'm having a tryout PPL flight lesson in two weeks
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# ? Mar 7, 2021 13:21 |
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Lord Stimperor posted:I'm having a tryout PPL flight lesson in two weeks Sweet!
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# ? Mar 7, 2021 16:06 |
Happy stimulus day to everyone who was going to get furloughed in another 3 weeks! See you all for round 4 in September.Lord Stimperor posted:I'm having a tryout PPL flight lesson in two weeks Hope you enjoy it, let us know how it goes.
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Whelp, looks like my jet is officially up for sale. Hey 121 world can you do me a solid and get kinda back to normal in the next ~8 months in case I get kicked out of the 91 nest?
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 05:15 |
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Everyone is starting to hire again. And if not yet then soon. I just got called back by the widget. I think they’ll need to hire before the end of the year.
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 06:51 |
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Rolo posted:Whelp, looks like my jet is officially up for sale. Come to ACMI
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 09:22 |
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Anybody ever leave a job and wish they really hadn't? I really like working for my airline and it's genuinely a good place to work, but it isn't fun. My old ACMI job was way more interesting and the crews just better to be around most of the time. Given another chance I probably wouldn't have left, especially since I would have been a 767 captain and looking forward to upgrading on the 74. Not that that really matters but still. Just sad that I'll probably never go back to a bunch of the places I used to regularly go almost monthly.
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 16:53 |
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Animal posted:Come to ACMI Think I could get in with only 2300 total if I had like 1700 turbine and 300 tPIC?
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 17:18 |
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Rolo posted:Think I could get in with only 2300 total if I had like 1700 turbine and 300 tPIC? Yes
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 17:22 |
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Rolo posted:Think I could get in with only 2300 total if I had like 1700 turbine and 300 tPIC? absolutely, that’s almost exactly what I had when I was hired
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 17:24 |
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Arson Daily posted:Anybody ever leave a job and wish they really hadn't? I bet if you ask around, far more people will say afterwards that they wish they'd left sooner.
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Arson Daily posted:Anybody ever leave a job and wish they really hadn't? I really like working for my airline and it's genuinely a good place to work, but it isn't fun. My old ACMI job was way more interesting and the crews just better to be around most of the time. Given another chance I probably wouldn't have left, especially since I would have been a 767 captain and looking forward to upgrading on the 74. Not that that really matters but still. Just sad that I'll probably never go back to a bunch of the places I used to regularly go almost monthly. PM where you left to, for perspective Or stop being a coward, just drop a hint here with a whimsical nickname for the airline like real pilots do on the internet FWIW I’m loving being a 767 CA even though the -200’s suck rear end, but wer’re getting rid of them
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 20:27 |
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Arson Daily posted:Anybody ever leave a job and wish they really hadn't? I really like working for my airline and it's genuinely a good place to work, but it isn't fun. My old ACMI job was way more interesting and the crews just better to be around most of the time. Given another chance I probably wouldn't have left, especially since I would have been a 767 captain and looking forward to upgrading on the 74. Not that that really matters but still. Just sad that I'll probably never go back to a bunch of the places I used to regularly go almost monthly. I have this internal struggle on a near daily basis, especially now that the rumors of hiring starting up again across the industry are starting to rumble a bit. My pay is insulting for what I do, but very manageable in the grand scheme of American life, and I love the job and most of the non-boomers I fly with. I basically get paid to ride my dumb little bike around the country/world, which I don’t think I’d be able to swing at any other company with the amount of success I’ve had doing it here. The age old struggle of will more money buy happiness.
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 20:44 |
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Does anybody have any advice or insight for learning how to get my PPL thereabouts the NYC region? This week I have intro sessions with two flight schools at CDW (P6 and Century Air) and I cannot wait. I've always wanted to fly since I was a kid. There are a few more flight schools on Long Island but the ones in NJ have been very responsive. I've also heard the Long Island flight schools are super busy so you spend more time in a queue to land than learnin-flyin'.
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# ? Mar 16, 2021 21:16 |
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I don't have specific advice for the New York area, but general advice from my own experience that applies anywhere: - Go to a few flight schools (as you are doing) and see which one gives you the best vibe. You want to be hanging out with friendly people who are invested in your success. You'll run into some swinging dick cowboy archetypes but they shouldn't be the majority. - Once you've picked a school, fly with a few different instructors before you decide who's going to be your primary one. People have different learning styles and teaching styles and you should choose someone you click with. You're paying for it, after all. - If one school is constantly booked up and you're not going to be able to fly regularly, pass on that one. Try to find one where you can schedule two lessons a week consistently. You will progress much faster that way (or more than two if you're not working full time; the CFIs in here seem to recommend about 3 per week as a good rate, and certainly once a week or less is going to feel like it's taking forever). - Busy airports are kind of a tossup; I'd say it's valuable to learn to fly in complicated airspace but yeah it's frustrating when you're number seven to take off. You can always (hopefully, check out your local charts on skyvector.com and look for the red and blue circles) go and do pattern work at another field, though. I would say that picking an airport closer to home is more important, so that you can fly more often and with less hassle. - Get a noise cancelling headset. Yeah it will cost more than a passive one but the difference is only equal to a few hours' flying + instructor time and it'll be a way, way nicer experience. Especially when you're still new on the radios. Heads and headsets are all differently shaped, so find some way to try out a few different models (local pilot store, borrow from instructors, etc) and pick one that feels comfortable. I like David Clark - Learn to fly in a 150/152 if you have the choice, it's much lighter on the controls and more kawaii than the very pedestrian 172 Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Mar 16, 2021 |
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Animal posted:PM where you left to, for perspective Atlas for 2 years on the 74 now 4th year at southwest. It's a great place to work, really. But another 14 hour overnight in Sacramento or Oklahoma City isn't really setting my world on fire.
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Arson Daily posted:Atlas for 2 years on the 74 now 4th year at southwest. It's a great place to work, really. But another 14 hour overnight in Sacramento or Oklahoma City isn't really setting my world on fire. Hell, I'll take your spot at LUV if you really don't like it that much! Meanwhile, I've yet to hear about a set interview that I was promised last March over at the animal airline. Furthest I've gotten so far is "Look, we have these times and dates for you to pick from for a virtual interview! Stay Tuned!"
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e.pilot posted:I have this internal struggle on a near daily basis, especially now that the rumors of hiring starting up again across the industry are starting to rumble a bit. Exactly this. For some reason, I really enjoy flying a Stupid Canadian Turboprop, since the legs are short enough I don't get bored, the scenery is nice, and I generally like the people I work with. I'm at a point where I can live very comfortably on what I make (and will easily be able to retire at 65), I love having a 20 minute commute, and I can basically pick my schedule. Obviously, I'd make more if I ever decide to quit being Dash Trash and go to fly for a mainline carrier (and we're always one change in accounting rules from being shut down), but I'm not sure the money is worth the quality of life hit at this point.
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# ? Mar 17, 2021 00:22 |
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Imagine leaving Southwest. I can’t do it.
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# ? Mar 17, 2021 01:32 |
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I have a friend who is a CA at SW, doesn’t have kids, and is always posting pictures of his brand new Lamborghini. I make enough money now that it’s hard to gather the motivation to do everything required to move on. I don’t have a degree so the choices as limited. Liking my job is not making it any easier.
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# ? Mar 17, 2021 01:34 |
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Captain Apollo posted:Imagine leaving Southwest. I can’t do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not leaving. It's a great place to work and it almost lives up to the hype the company has created about itself. It's also the only place I'd trade bodies for boxes. But atlas certainly had specific QOL advantages that Swa doesn't have, which makes working there harder. Plus flying the guppy will never be, can never be, better than flying a 4 engine heavy jet across oceans to places most people will never go. Its me, I'm the guy who's complaining about unlimited free cocaine and blowjobs
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Sagebrush posted:I don't have specific advice for the New York area, but general advice from my own experience that applies anywhere: This is all good advice. I'll also add that depending on what kind of flying you want to do it might also make sense to check into local clubs. If I had to do it all over I'd of joined my current club and used one of the instructors available. It would have been cheaper and faster overall with considerably lower rates and no sales tax. Rate on my school plane was 150 plus 6% tax vs 105 and I'm 1/110th of an owner of a fleet. In my mind I'd rather have lessons based at an airport that is not very busy since sitting in line will drive the cost up (10 minutes to get into the air? ~30 bux), and it's usually pretty easy to head to a towered or busier airport as needed.
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SecretCervix posted:Does anybody have any advice or insight for learning how to get my PPL thereabouts the NYC region? I trained out of Greenwood Lake Airport in West Milford 4N1. It's a good school if you want a more relaxed flight school. Though also bad if you don't want that.
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